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Week of March 4th - March 10th

March 4/March 5/March 6/March 7/March 8/March 9/March 10




Posted on March 9, 2001

Unapproved Corn Found in Veggie Dogs, Associated Press, March 8, 2001

Going Backwards -- U.S. Will Buy Back Corn Seed, Washington Post, March 8, 2001

Agricultural Biotechnology and Moral Imperatives, By Willy de Greef, Head Regulatory and Government Affairs, Novartis Seeds, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland (Published in "In Vitro Plant" Vol 36(5), pp309-311)

Amendment to evidence presented to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Genetic Modification, Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand

In response to a general letter of inquiry, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided the following commentary to Mr. Mark Murray (Vienna, Virginia, USA) on 8 March 2001

StarLink justifies new bill, says head of Iowa's senate ag committee, Successful Farming, Ag Online, March 8, 2001

Dow to acquire Rohm and Haas Company's ag chemicals business, Ag Online News, March 8, 2001

Leaving Ag BioTech InfoNet EPA Releases White Paper on the Possible Presence of Cry9C Protein in Processed Human Foods Made From the Food Fractions Produced Through the Wet Milling of Corn

"Prevalence of Genetic Modified Traits in the Corn and Soybean Varieties Offered to MidWestern Farmers in the Crop Year 2000", Ag BioTech InfoNet Technical Paper #3, Charles Benbrook, May 2000 Electronically enhanced PDF file




Posted on March 8, 2001

1977 presentation by Dr. Don Duvick, "Recombinant DNA Molecule Research Potential for Agricultural Crop Plants," delivered before the NRC "Committee for the Consideration of Proposed Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research."

The Genetics and Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops is published by the American Society of Agronomy, and the Crop Science Society of America. It is a book based on an international symposium organized and hosted by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, CIMMYT) in Mexico City, 17-22 August 1997




Posted on March 7, 2001

Whole Foods Market Urges FDA to Amend Proposed New Rule and Guidance On Genetically Engineered Foods, News Release, Whole Foods Market, March 7, 2001

Impacts of adopting genetically engineered crops in the United States, Economic Service Research Report, ERS, March 7, 2001

Gene Research Finds New Use in Agricultural Breeding, New York Times, March 6, 2001

Syngenta Finishes, Consortium Goes On, Science, Volume 291, February 2, 2001

German agencies sound alarm on risks of broad gene patents..., Nature, Volume 406, page 111, July 13, 2000




Posted on March 6, 2001

Witness brief of Dr. Ingham for the Royal Commission of New Zealand

Rebuttal of Witness Brief of Dr. Ingham from New Zealand Life Sciences Network

Genetic Engineering Superviruses, I-SIS Report, June 3, 2001

Cross-Pollination Leads to Triple Herbicide Resistance, ISB News Report, March 2001

Three Cheers!, AgWeb - Farm Journal, March 3, 2001

Prepare for the 'Terminator': first release of biotech insect planned for summer, Associated Press, March 6, 2001

Biotech crops, energy prices top farmers' concerns this year, News Release, Associated Press Leased Line via NewsEdge Corporation, March 6, 2001

Legitimating Genetic Engineering, Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, Inc., March 2001

Enforcement of Biotech Labeling for Unprocessed Commodities, Foreign Agriculture Service, March 6, 2001

USAID Launches Biotechnology Initiatives with Africa: programs foster improved regulation, research, development, Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, March 2, 2001




Posted on March 5, 2001

Corn prices fall, questions grow on StarLink seed flap, Reuters, March 2, 2001

Humbled by the Genome's Mysteries, New York Times, February 19, 2001

Questionable Stability at JIC, I-SIS Press Release, March 4, 2001

Top Research Centre Admits GM Failure, I-SIS News, February 2001

The Great Yellow Hype, The New York Times Magazine, March 4, 2001

Bioengineered rice loses glow as vitamin A source, Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, March 4, 2001

Bayer Joins Race To Develop Genetically Modified Plants, Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2001

Leaving AgBioTech InfoNet An Act Relative to the Liability for Genetically Engineered Food, Senate, No. 1789, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Genomics portends the next revolution in agriculture, AAAS presentation by Dr. Robert Goodman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, February 18, 2001

After a Rocky IPO, Monsanto Appears to be Back on Track, St-Louis Post Dispatch, February 17, 2001

Press release of New Zealand Life Science Network, February 19, 2001

Europe Approves New Genetically Modified Food Control, New York Times, February 15, 2001